News &amp; Features - October 2012

Tully Henke, 15, center, spreads seed on land that was burned in the High Park fire as classmates David Gonzalez, 15, left, and Sam Cluett, 15, right, use rakes to cover the seed Tuesday in the Redstone Canyon. Land owner Mark DeGregorio, who lost his home in the fire, allowed biology students from the Polaris Expiditionary Learning School to reseed on his property as a learning experience. Students will monitor the progress through the years.

Lew Wymisner, assistant director of the Larimer County Workforce Center, stands in front of the agency's Loveland office, 418 E. Fourth St. Wymisner is retiring this week after 34 years on the job. (Photo by Craig Young)

Loveland residents Nancy and Chad Bayne fill out their ballots Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 at a Larimer County Vote Center set up in the Loveland Police and Courts Building.

Audrey Bocock, an Army veteran, is well-taken care of by her service dog. Bocock suffered a brain injury while serving in Iraq and will meet Trisha Downing on Thursday, the author of "Cycle of Hope," who writes about her own road to recovery after a brain injury.

Volunteers Stacie Elmore, front, and Lee Ann Ohmie sort through donated clothing Monday at the H.E.L.P. International warehouse in Loveland. The service organization is prepared to help with relief from Hurricane Sandy if needed and they have a truck and trailer ready to move supplies.

Scott Hood, right, and his son Matthew Hood look over the spooky mine shaft area Monday they created in the backyard of their Loveland home for trick-or-treaters. They are transforming their garage, backyard, and part of their home into a haunted house with different creepy themes.

The zombie area is new this year to the Hood family's haunted house in Loveland.

Fourth-grader Jenna Kramer, 9, bags up carrots from the School/Neighorhood Garden at Van Buren during a garden cleanup day earlier this month.

Third-grader Jacob Gargan, 8, and members of the Van Buren community rake up leaves earlier this month from the school and neighborhood garden.

Fifth-grader Michael Wangler, 10, hauls away a hose system earlier this month from the School/Neighborhood Garden at Van Buren Elementary.

Sami Griffin, 8, right, jumps on a shovel to dig up vegetables earlier this month at the School/Neighborhood Garden at Van Buren Elementary, while Jacob Gargan, 8, takes a break. The vegetables will be used for stone soup that will be served during the schoolÕs health and wellness night on Thursday, Nov. 8.

Matt and Tamara Cramer launched Cramer's Handmade Bread Co. in their Loveland home in April. When Loveland's Sunday farmers market closed down for the season, Tamara decided to launch her own winter market so she and other small producers would have a place to sell their goods.

Marketing company Tenfold Collective is moving out of its space at the corner of Fourth Street and Cleveland Avenue in downtown Loveland, but it's leaving its signature display of 29 doors behind.

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Mike "Otis" Hoover, a resident of the Lincoln Place apartments in downtown Loveland, checks out the menu for Doug's Day Diner posted in the window of the former Li'l Mike's restaurant in Lincoln Place. "I'm glad to see something coming in here," he said of the space at 532 N. Lincoln Ave. (Photo by Craig Young)

Myles Howard, left, moves bottles of Grimm Brothers beer onto the conveyor belt as Don Chapman Snr, center, puts the beer in boxes after a label is attached Wednesday in Loveland while bottling beer in a warehouse near the Grimm Brothers Brewhouse.

Bottles of Grimm Brothers The Fearless Youth beer are moved on a conveyor belt after labels are attached.

Jim Sampson, co-founder and chairman of the board of Scion UAS, talks about a small helicopter that his engineers are using as the model for an unmanned craft the company will build for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. In the back, company co-founder Phillip Jones talks with Marcie Erion, director of the city of Loveland's Office of Creative Sector Development, during a tour Friday with City Council members at Scion's facility, 3693 E. County Road 30, Loveland.

Costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Charles Dunsford, 10, left, stands with other youngsters for a costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Five-year-old Paitynn Leicht, right, is dressed as a zombie girl as she stands with other costumed youngsters during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Loveland resident Carson Berndt, 7, is dressed as a Pop Tart as he stands onstage with other contestants in a costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Elliot Milden, 6, sits onstage in his Beaker costume while competing with other youngsters in a costume contest during the Halloween Family Fun Festival on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Johnstown resident Jadyn Lindsay, 3, left, and Ella Raabe, 2, right, of Loveland compete in a costume contest with other youngsters during the Halloween Family Fun Fest on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in downtown Loveland.

Berthoud residents Albie Dabbiero, 2, left, and his brother Giovanni Dabbiero, 4, look a a mummy figurine hidden among hay bales as they play in the Not-So-Spooky Hay Maze during the Halloween Hullabaloo event on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 at the Marketplace at Centerra. The maze was a fundraiser for Thompson Valley High School's marching band.

Youngsters dance like zombies while Mountain View High School's marching band plays the song "Thriller" during halftime of their football game against Greeley West on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 at Patterson Stadium.

Youngsters dance like zombies while Mountain View High School's marching band plays the song "Thriller" during halftime of their football game against Greeley West on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 at Patterson Stadium.

Batman and Robin walk towards the Batmobile Friday during a rehearsal for the production of "Batman Live" at the Budwieser Events Center in Loveland. The show is running through this weekend.

Actors rehearse a scene Friday for the production of "Batman Live" at the Budwieser Events Center in Loveland.

Rowan Benton of Loveland, 2, greets his grandpa David Parks Friday after Parks flew in from Las Vegas to visit family on one of the last Allegiant Air flights in and out of Loveland. Parks, who lives in Las Vegas, flies to Loveland on Allegiant Air 3-4 times a year to see his grandson.

Finley Crockett of Loveland, 3, makes a silly face as she dances to the "Silly Dance Contest" song with other kids Wednesday during story time at the Loveland Public Library.

A worker with Gold Roofing of Loveland nails down some roofing felt Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, on a house under construction in Boise Village Southwest at East First Street and Boise Avenue in east Loveland. Builders started about 475 new homes in Loveland and the same number in Fort Collins in the first nine months of 2012, according to a real estate expert.

Jayde Graber (left) and Savannah Morgen, both seniors at Mountain View High School, are inviting groups in the community to "trick-or-treat for hunger" on Oct. 31 for Halloween. Group members are encouraged to print out the official logo at http://www.reporterherald.com.

Sculptures are covered in snow as Duane Huggins of Loveland walks his dog Mandy, an 11 year-old border collie, through Benson Park Sculpture Garden on Thursday morning in Loveland. Talking about Mandy in the snow Huggins said " She loves it. She lays in it."